Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study

Abstract Background Research has been an essential part of the COVID-19 pandemic response, including in Latin American (LA) countries. However, implementing research in emergency settings poses the challenge of producing valuable knowledge rapidly while upholding research ethical standards. Research...

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Autores principales:	Ana Palmero, Sarah Carracedo, Noelia Cabrera, Alahí Bianchini
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Research Ethics COVID-19 Pandemic Ethics review Epidemic Medical philosophy. Medical ethics R723-726
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5859455abe774b03b0e6d7b29ba8a8162021-11-07T12:03:21ZGovernance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study10.1186/s12910-021-00715-21472-6939https://doaj.org/article/5859455abe774b03b0e6d7b29ba8a8162021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00715-2https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6939Abstract Background Research has been an essential part of the COVID-19 pandemic response, including in Latin American (LA) countries. However, implementing research in emergency settings poses the challenge of producing valuable knowledge rapidly while upholding research ethical standards. Research ethics committees (RECs) therefore must conduct timely and rigorous ethics reviews and oversight of COVID-19 research. In the LA region, there is limited knowledge on how countries have responded to this need. To address this gap, the objective of our project is to explore if LA countries developed policies to streamline ethics review and oversight of research in response to the pandemic while ensuring its adherence to ethical standards, and to analyze to what extent these governance frameworks are in accordance with international guidance. Methods We conducted a descriptive and exploratory study assessing the COVID-19 research ethics governance frameworks of 19 LA countries, considering 4 dimensions based on international COVID-19 ethics guidance documents: (i) ethics review organizational model adopted, (ii) measures to coordinate between RECs and other research stakeholders, (iii) operational guidance for RECs, and (iv) key ethical issues for review and oversight of COVID-19 research. Results 10 out of 19 LA countries have some policy to streamline ethics review of COVID-19 research. Of these countries only 6 issued comprehensive documents following international guidance that contemplate strategies with recommendations for concrete actions for a timely and rigorous review. Conclusion LA countries adopted partial strategies and operational guidance that may demonstrate a lack of a comprehensive view of research ethics for the review and oversight of COVID-19 research. Continuing efforts should be directed to strengthen LA countries' research capacity to respond timely and ethically to future health emergencies. Past lessons and the ones from this pandemic should be the basis to develop international standards and operational guidelines for ethics review and oversight of any research for public health emergencies.Ana PalmeroSarah CarracedoNoelia CabreraAlahí BianchiniBMCarticleResearchEthicsCOVID-19PandemicEthics reviewEpidemicMedical philosophy. Medical ethicsR723-726ENBMC Medical Ethics, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Research Ethics COVID-19 Pandemic Ethics review Epidemic Medical philosophy. Medical ethics R723-726 Ana Palmero Sarah Carracedo Noelia Cabrera Alahí Bianchini Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study
description	Abstract Background Research has been an essential part of the COVID-19 pandemic response, including in Latin American (LA) countries. However, implementing research in emergency settings poses the challenge of producing valuable knowledge rapidly while upholding research ethical standards. Research ethics committees (RECs) therefore must conduct timely and rigorous ethics reviews and oversight of COVID-19 research. In the LA region, there is limited knowledge on how countries have responded to this need. To address this gap, the objective of our project is to explore if LA countries developed policies to streamline ethics review and oversight of research in response to the pandemic while ensuring its adherence to ethical standards, and to analyze to what extent these governance frameworks are in accordance with international guidance. Methods We conducted a descriptive and exploratory study assessing the COVID-19 research ethics governance frameworks of 19 LA countries, considering 4 dimensions based on international COVID-19 ethics guidance documents: (i) ethics review organizational model adopted, (ii) measures to coordinate between RECs and other research stakeholders, (iii) operational guidance for RECs, and (iv) key ethical issues for review and oversight of COVID-19 research. Results 10 out of 19 LA countries have some policy to streamline ethics review of COVID-19 research. Of these countries only 6 issued comprehensive documents following international guidance that contemplate strategies with recommendations for concrete actions for a timely and rigorous review. Conclusion LA countries adopted partial strategies and operational guidance that may demonstrate a lack of a comprehensive view of research ethics for the review and oversight of COVID-19 research. Continuing efforts should be directed to strengthen LA countries' research capacity to respond timely and ethically to future health emergencies. Past lessons and the ones from this pandemic should be the basis to develop international standards and operational guidelines for ethics review and oversight of any research for public health emergencies.
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title	Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study
title_short	Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study
title_full	Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study
title_fullStr	Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed	Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study
title_sort	governance frameworks for covid-19 research ethics review and oversight in latin america: an exploratory study
publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
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Governance frameworks for COVID-19 research ethics review and oversight in Latin America: an exploratory study

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